Alkoholsucht

[alkoˈhoːlzʊxt]

/[alkoˈhoːlzʊxt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Alkoholsucht” is uncommon German (frequency #71,074 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,074
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abhängigkeit von Ethanol

Corpus desk

Index DE-alkoholsucht · Alkoholsucht · German

Alkoholsucht · rank #71,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,074
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aktionsradius

Nearest frequency peer: Aktionsradius (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Alkoholsucht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Alkoholsucht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alkoholsucht
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlkoholsucht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alkoˈhoːlzʊxt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#71,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alkoholsucht“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Alkoholsuchtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Aktionsradius“ (#71,073), „Alleinerziehender“ (#71,075), „ait“ (#71,072). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alkoholsucht“ bei #71,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alkoholsucht is uncommon German at frequency #71,074 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkoˈhoːlzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abhängigkeit von Ethanol".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Alkoholsucht, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Alkoholsucht, spelled A-L-K-O-H-O-L-S-U-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abhängigkeit von Ethanol

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Alkoholsucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er konnte seine Alkoholsucht zuletzt nicht mehr kontrollieren.

Synonyms

AlkoholkrankheitAlkoholabhängigkeitÄthylismusDipsomaniePotomanieTrunksuchtAlkoholismus

This word in other languages

alcoholism(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Alkoholsucht"?
"Alkoholsucht" is spelled A-L-K-O-H-O-L-S-U-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [alkoˈhoːlzʊxt].
What does "Alkoholsucht" mean?
As a noun, "Alkoholsucht" means: Abhängigkeit von Ethanol
How do you pronounce "Alkoholsucht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alkoholsucht" is [alkoˈhoːlzʊxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alkoholsucht" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Alkoholsucht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Achterbahnen#71,068abweichendes#71,066absteigender#71,063anzustrengen#71,091

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list